RALEIGH, NC — The Goat closed last year due to owners Brandon and Amanda Laroque retiring. Now, they’re coming out of retirement because $3 million in XRP crypto currency coins were stolen from Laroque last month.
The Goat is preparing to reopen at 5111 Western Blvd, Raleigh, NC 27606 at the start of next year, Brandon Laroque told Business Debut. The neighborhood bar will come back in the same location with the same overall layout and concept.
Laroque and his wife have worked in the bar business for decades and opened The Goat in 2003. The Goat quickly became a spot where crowds of all kinds gathered, college students, blue-collar and white-collar regulars and local professors regularly hung out, Laroque said…